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A modern pop song can sound remarkably simple from the outside. There is a lead vocal, a beat, some chords, a bass line, and perhaps a few sounds that seem to appear around the edges. Open the production session behind that same song, however, and the apparent simplicity may be…
September 21, 2026 · Music News
Pitchfork Music Festival CDMX has begun its 2026 run in Mexico City, opening with an official Robyn afterparty before five main festival nights move among venues across the…
September 21, 2026 · Music Industry
Kakao Entertainment and Walt Disney Company Korea are planning approximately 10 projects that will combine K-pop intellectual property with Disney stories and characters, creating a long-term partnership designed…
September 18, 2026 · Music News
Death Cab for Cutie are extending the I Built You a Tower era into 2027 with a new North American tour, adding a spring run that includes two…
September 21, 2026 · Music News
Suki Waterhouse is extending her 2026 Loveland Tour to Australia, adding four December concerts in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne behind the most collaborative album of her recording…
Music Production
A piano-roll performance can have the right notes, the right rhythm, and the right sound while still feeling strangely flat. Look underneath the notes and one reason often…
September 19, 2026 · Music Industry
Spotify is bringing independent labels into its upcoming fan-made covers and remixes product through a new licensing agreement with Merlin, expanding a generative AI project that had initially…
September 18, 2026 · Music Industry
Taylor Swift’s complete catalog of 58 official music videos is now available on Spotify Premium, giving the streaming service its first full Swift video archive seven months after…
June 30, 2026 · Music Industry
Firebird Music has launched a $750 million platform for music catalog acquisitions, giving the artist-management and independent-label company a major new pool of purchasing power for recorded-music and…
September 19, 2026 · Music Industry
DICE owner Fever has raised $250 million in new equity financing, giving the live-entertainment technology company fresh capital to expand its global ticketing and event-discovery business. EQT led…
September 18, 2026 · Music News
Grand Theft Auto VI is getting a soundtrack built to exist well beyond the game. Rockstar Games and Atlantic Records have announced Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album,…
